diff --git a/cmake/SSGCommon.cmake b/cmake/SSGCommon.cmake
index 3d67b70030b0..38ec121baa19 100644
--- a/cmake/SSGCommon.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SSGCommon.cmake
@@ -82,11 +82,9 @@ set(SSG_HTML_TABLE_FILE_LIST "")
 # that the one that is picked by the build system.
 macro(define_validate_product PRODUCT)
     set(VALIDATE_PRODUCT TRUE)
-    if("${OSCAP_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "1.4.0")
-        if("${PRODUCT}" MATCHES "^(ocp4|eks|ANOTHER_PROBLEMATIC_PRODUCT)$")
-            message(STATUS "Won't validate ${PRODUCT}, as it requires the OpenSCAP scanner that is capable of the validation.")
-            set(VALIDATE_PRODUCT FALSE)
-        endif()
+    if("${PRODUCT}" MATCHES "^(ocp4|eks|ANOTHER_PROBLEMATIC_PRODUCT)$")
+         message(STATUS "Won't validate ${PRODUCT}, as it requires the OpenSCAP scanner that is capable of the validation.")
+        set(VALIDATE_PRODUCT FALSE)
     endif()
 endmacro()